Long-term Workhouse Inmates in West Ward Union, Westmorland, 1861
In 1861, the Poor Law Board published a return of the name every adult pauper who had been a workhouse inmate for a continuous period of five years or more, together with the duration of their residence (in years and months), the reason for it, and whether they had been brought up in a District or separate Workhouse School. It was noted that the term 'District School' had been widely misinterpreted by respondents as meaning any school in the local area, such as a national or private school, and that there was only one instance in the whole report of an inmate actually having been in such a school.
| Name | Yrs | ms. | Reason | School |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Edward Cooper | 22 | 0 | Infirmity, and insufficiency of earnings | no. |
| Joseph Holmes | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| William Atkinson | 17 | 0 | Weakintellect | no. |
| Joseph Birrell | 15 | 0 | Infirmity | no. |
| Robert Sarginson | 5 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Ann Holmes | 12 | 0 | ditto | no. |
| Margaret Sewell | 6 | 0 | Weak intellect | no. |
| Mary Harrison | 11 | 0 | ditto | no. |
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